†family Pycnolepadidae Gale and Vidovic 2023 (barnacle)

Thecostraca - Verrucomorpha - Pycnolepadidae

Full reference: A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic. 2023. The origins of major sessile cirripede groups; a revision of Cretaceous Brachylepadomorpha and Verrucomorpha. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 21(2258370)

Parent taxon: Verrucomorpha according to A. S. Gale and S. U. Vidovic 2023

Sister taxa: Eoverrucidae, Verrucidae

Subtaxa: Faxelepas Pedupycnolepas Pycnolepas

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Type: Pycnolepas

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Italy (2 collections)

• Paleocene of Belgium (1), Kazakhstan (1)

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Belgium (1), France (2), Germany (1), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (26)

• Jurassic of the Czech Republic (2)

Total: 40 collections each including a single occurrence

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